96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

1:30 PM

A comparison of mechanistic and correlative modeling approaches to understand species distributions at different spatial scales
Andres Lira-Noriega, University of Kansas; Jorge Soberon, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; A. Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas

1:50 PM

Validating species distribution models in urban and non-urban green spaces: A case study using amphibian species richness
Joseph R. Milanovich, United States Environmental Protection Agency; William E. Peterman, University of Illinois; Kyle Barrett, Clemson University; Matthew E. Hopton, United States Environmental Protection Agency

2:10 PM

How unreliable can a species distribution model be in projecting species ranges to future climates?
Xiaojun Kou, Beijing Normal University; Qin Li, University of British Columbia; Shirong Liu, Chinese Acadamy of Forestry; Jianping Ge, Beijing Normal University

2:30 PM

Towards better-constrained assessments of the carbon balance of North America in the 21^st Century: A comparison of recent model and inventory-based estimates
Daniel J. Hayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; David P. Turner, Oregon State University; Graham Stinson, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service; Yaxing Wei, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Tristram O. West, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Bernardus deJong, ECOSUR; A. David McGuire, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Robert Cook, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Wilfred M. Post, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2:50 PM

Plumbing constrains root precision: A bottom-up model for the role of sectoriality in localized root proliferation
Alexandra M. Thorn, University of New Hampshire; Colin M. Orians, Tufts University

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

The differential importance of environmental heterogeneity and evolutionary history for specific leaf area and wood density
Sharmila Pathikonda, Arizona State University; Kiona Ogle, Arizona State University

3:40 PM

Modelling the growth of poplar (Populus spp.) using ecosystem demography 2 (ED2) model
Dan Wang, University of Illinois; David LeBauer, University of Illinois; Michael Dietze, Boston University

4:00 PM

Scaling laws for biomass allocation in desert annual plants
Simon M. Stump, Michigan State University; D. Lawrence Venable, University of Arizona; Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona; Jonathan Horst, University of Arizona ; Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine

4:20 PM

Estimating thresholds in occupancy when species detection is imperfect
Jay Jones, Weyerhaeuser NR; Andrew J. Kroll, Weyerhaeuser NR; Matthew G. Betts, Oregon State University; Jack Giovanini, Weyerhaeuser NR; Steven D. Duke, Weyerhaeuser NR

4:40 PM

Nonlinear effects of retention, attraction, and plant spatial distribution on trap cropping efficacy
Matthew H. Holden, Cornell University; Stephen P. Ellner, Cornell University; Doo-Hyung Lee, Cornell University; Jan P. Nyrop, Cornell University; John P. Sanderson, Cornell University

COS 13 - Modeling